Sentence examples for by plugging a hole from inspiring English sources

"We are on a sinking ship, and the leadership thinks it can save us by plugging a hole," lamented Qaddoura Fares, a leading Fatah advocate of change and peace with Israel.

Making the system safer by plugging a hole was correctly selected by most respondents, but the solution of adding a barrier (a slice of cheese) was not.

And, while the E.C.B. did step up and buy Italian and Spanish government bonds last month, in order to keep those countries afloat, by doing this it was plugging a hole that its own actions had done much to create.

However you look at it, though, ordinary people, through higher prices and pay freezes, job losses and benefit cuts, are plugging a hole left by a massive corporate tax break.

Mr. Dostum may prove critical, however, in plugging a hole in Mr. Karzai's support by bringing the ethnic Uzbek vote in the north to his side.

The New York Philharmonic will add a concert at Avery Fisher Hall on Oct. 19 to plug a hole caused by the cancellation of a visit to the Republic of Georgia.

But if a property tax increase begets a personal income tax increase -- especially to plug a hole left by an unfulfilled commuter tax wish -- that support is likely to dissipate.

Shares of Swiss Re dived nearly 30.0% in Zurich on Thursday, after the reinsurance company said it would need to raise $4.3 billion in extra capital to plug a hole left by big investment write-downs and an annual loss of $861.3 million.

The government said it needed to urgently put in place new laws to "plug a hole" in legislation following a ruling by the European Court of Justice.

The stimulus was a Keynesian measure: spending by businesses and individuals had plummeted, so the government stepped in to plug a hole in demand.

It will allow Mr Byers to plug a hole in his roads budget, which would have been exposed by transferring cash to rail.